Our dear friend, Bella (Dolly Goolsby) is on the go again, this time in Italy. She has graciously allowed us to republish her travel blogs. Enjoy!

We are winding down, on the last leg of our vacation. Again, the week has been busy. As I told you in the last post, Monday we had gone to Cinque Terre. Well. On Tuesday, we went by train to Viareggio to have dinner with our friends, Massimo and Magda, and to visit their dog, Orson, who had received his first chemotherapy that day, for lymphoma. At first, Orson was a bit weak, but later, he managed to visit with us, and actually seemed pretty perky.

Frank and I went for a walk with Massimo along the beach front Passiagetta then we all enjoyed dinner with Carli’s oldest son, Niccolo, their friend, Lele, and Magda’s sister, Paola. I was so busy taking pictures of the dog, I forgot to take pictures of all of us at dinner.

Wednesday we had to pack, but I did finally get to take a long walk in Florence. My foot was still complaining, but I went anyway. We ended our evening by going to the OK Bar for drinks, then out to to a pizzeria for our dinner.